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BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1998 BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1998 ORDINANCE II OF 1998 An Ordinance further to amend Balochistan Local Government Ordinance, 1980 [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 17th August, 1998] No. LEGIS.2‑30/LAW/75‑IX, dated 17‑8‑1998.‑‑The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Balochistan on 16th August, 1998, is hereby published for general information:‑‑---- 5. Substitution of section 20 of Ordinance II of 1980.‑‑In the said Ordinance, for section 20, the following shall be substituted:‑‑ "20. Qualification of candidates and members.‑‑A person, shall be qualified to be a candidate and a member of the Local Council if‑‑ (a) he is a citizen of Pakistan; (b) he is not less than twenty‑one years of age and is enrolled as a voter in any electoral roll of any local area within the limits of Local Council in which the seat falls; (c) he is of good character and is not commonly known as one who violates Islamic Injunction; (d) he has adequate knowledge of Islamic teachings and practices obligatory duties prescribed by Islam as well as abstains from major sins; (e) he is sagacious, righteous, non‑profligate, honest, ameen and pays his debts and taxes specified in subsection (3) of section 17 of the Ordinance; (t) he has not been convicted for a crime involving moral turpitude or for giving false evidence, and (g) he has not, after the establishment of Pakistan, worked against the integrity of the country or opposed the ideology of Pakistan: Provided that the disqualification s specified in clauses (c) and (d) shall not apply to a person who is a non‑Muslim, but such a person shall have good moral reputation.